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A review by read_with_pinot
Romulus, My Father by Raimond Gaita
3.0
Brutal read - so much misery for such a short book not to mention violence.
And some problematic attitudes towards being in love:
‘I had long felt that a person passionately in love was in the grip of something whose imperatives required one to accept, without complaint, that one might be murdered by a grief-stricken or jealous lover. The requirement to consent to such possibilities seemed to me to be intrinsic to love’s nature and, therefore, inseparable from its joys.’
And some problematic attitudes towards being in love:
‘I had long felt that a person passionately in love was in the grip of something whose imperatives required one to accept, without complaint, that one might be murdered by a grief-stricken or jealous lover. The requirement to consent to such possibilities seemed to me to be intrinsic to love’s nature and, therefore, inseparable from its joys.’